Carlferdinand Zech

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Carlferdinand Zech (born December 14, 1928 in Potsdam ; † September 16, 1999 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German musicologist , composer and choir director .

Life

Zech visited the Francke Foundations in Halle an der Saale. From 1939 to 1943 he was a member of the Stadtsingechors zu Halle . After that he attended high school in Schönebeck (Elbe) until his Abitur in 1948, where Hans Naumilkat was his teacher. During this time he directed the folk choir and the Schönebeck school choir. Zech also composed his first musical works for the stage. From 1950 to 1955 he studied at the Hochschule für Musik Halle , where Werner Gößling (conducting), Fritz Reuter (music theory and composition) and Walther Siegmund-Schultze (music history) were his teachers. He completed his studies as Kapellmeister . He also passed the state examination in the subjects of conducting and music theory .

From 1955 to 1959 he was an assistant at the Institute for Musicology at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg . He then led the Stadtsingechor zu Halle until 1968, which he rebuilt. He installed choir classes and affiliated the choir to the Latina August Hermann Francke . From 1951 to 1976 he chaired the University Choir Halle "Johann Friedrich Reichardt". From 1968 he taught music theory and music history at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. In 1972 he received his dissertation A The Solo Concerts by Dmitri Shostakovich . Investigations into the structure of the works and their aesthetic evaluation for Dr. phil. PhD. 1982 followed the dissertation B The compositional design means of our century as the subject of music theory . Zech published several music theory articles and emerged as a composer.

His estate has been in the University and State Library of Saxony-Anhalt since 2013 .

Works (selection)

Instrumental music

  • Small suite for chamber orchestra 1957
  • 2 sonatinas for piano 1958
  • Woodwind quartet 1959
  • Small suite 1959
  • Four small pieces for piano 1960
  • Festive music for chamber orchestra 1961
  • Preludio 1963
  • Leuna II 1963
  • Nonet for wind instruments and percussion 1966
  • Small symphony for youth orchestra 1968
  • Divertimento for string orchestra 1970
  • Concertante music for chamber orchestra 1971
  • String Quartet 1977

Vocal music

  • Cantata of the new man 1960
  • Fixed cantata 1961
  • Our year begins in May 1965
  • Memleben cantata 1976

Fonts (selection)

  • With Kurt Johnen : general music theory . 15th, completely revised edition, Reclam, Leipzig 1984.
  • Musical composition studies. Functional harmony, song accompaniment, counterpoint . German publishing house for music, Leipzig 1988.

literature

  • Günter Bust, Kerstin Hansen: Irrgang, Horst Artur Alfred. In: Guido Heinrich, Gunter Schandera (ed.): Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon 19th and 20th centuries. Biographical lexicon for the state capital Magdeburg and the districts of Bördekreis, Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis and Schönebeck. Scriptum, Magdeburg 2002, ISBN 3-933046-49-1 ( article online ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ University and State Library takes over the estate of the former head of the university choir . Press release 164/2013 of September 9, 2013, pressemitteilungen.pr.uni-halle.de, accessed: February 24, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Zech, Carlferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musicologist, composer and choir director
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH September 16, 1999
Place of death Halle (Saale)